BWI: TERI Launches Specialised Library on Climate Change

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Friday, June 12, 2009 10:50 AM IST (05:20 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Environment, Social issues; Business: Business services, Education & training, Energy companies
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TERI Launches Specialised Library on Climate Change


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, June 12, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Climate change is one of the most contentious international environmental issues today. Its consequences have been strongly highlighted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), various governments and premier institutes like The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Thus, it is imperative to study about such issues in great detail to understand its effects on our lives. TERI Library and Information Centre (LIC) have set up a 'Specialized Library on Climate Change' (SLCC) to spread awareness and information on climate change. SLCC was inaugurated by HE Ann Ollestad, Ambassador of Norway to India in the presence of Dr. Pachauri, Director- General TERI and other distinguished fellows of TERI.

While inaugurating the library, HE Ann Ollestad, said "I am happy to note that a Special Library on Climate Change (SLCC) is being established. It will in due course, I am sure, develop as a repository of valuable information resources and services in the subject area that would be readily available to researchers, policy makers and business organizations dealing with climate change issues. I would like to extend my complement to TERI for having conceptualized the need for such a library and wish them all the best."

Following the inauguration, HE Ann Ollestad was briefed about the scope and function of SLCC by Mr. Rajesh Bhardwaj, Fellow TERI.

SLCC aspires to fulfill the following objectives;

- Function as a resource center for collection and dissemination of information to the focused group of users;
- To develop and provide access to information and online resources & databases.
- To promote resource sharing and networking by establishing linkages with national and international organizations on climate change and energy security.

About Library and Information Centre:

The library and information centre (LIC) of TERI was established in 1974 and has emerged as a pioneering research resource centre. It is centrally air-conditioned, well equipped, fully automated and facilitate state-of-the-art information services. It is the largest in the Asia Pacific region and most modern in terms of services, infrastructure, and information technology applications. LIC's collection comprises over 25,000 books, 475 current journals and 1050 online periodicals, 1108 CDs & databases, 13,188 bound volumes of journals, and thousands of miscellaneous items, including government documents, standards, pamphlets, reprints, press clippings and annual reports of ministries, companies, research organizations, voluntary agencies, and multilateral organizations. Project based customized information products are also being developed after evaluating of various print & electronic resources.


CONTACT DETAILS
Rajiv Chhibber, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), +91 (11) 24682100, extn - 2324, +91 9810426698, rajivc@teri.res.in
Dalvinder Kaur, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), +91 (11) 24682100, extn - 2269, +91 9891377700, djkaur@teri.res.in

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL, BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATION, ENERGY

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